Yahoo's Diversity Numbers Are Just As Terrible As The Rest Of The Tech Industry's

Several Silicon Valley tech companies have been releasing their
diversity numbers lately, and Yahoo is the most recent one
to release its stats.

And like many of the other companies, Yahoo's workforce is mostly
white and mostly male.

Here's how the numbers break down: 37% of total employees are
women, but only 15% hold technical jobs. Of employees holding
leadership roles, 23% are women. That includes the company's CEO,
Marissa Mayer.

Half of the company's workforce is white, 2% is black, 4% is
Hispanic, and 39% is Asian, the company reports.

Yahoo's Chief Development Officer Jackie
Reses wrote in a blog post accompanying the statistics that these
numbers are "only part of the story."

"We have a wide range of Employee Resource Groups that serve
people of diverse backgrounds and are highly engaged in their
respective communities," Reses wrote. "For example, Yahoo
received a 100% Corporate Equality Index score and was named a
"Best
Place to Work for LGBT Equality.'" (PDF)